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were present; but as the Company was not full, it 

 was agreed they should be reconsidered the next 

 evening." 



30th. " The articles being read again this evening, 

 the Company made some further alterations and then 

 ordered them to be fairly copied in the book." 



These articles immediately precede the Minutes of 

 April 25, 1766. They have the same heading as the 

 Rules mentioned at p. 102 of this Abstract: viz, 

 "Rules of a Society meeting weekly in the City of 

 Philadelphia for their mutual improvement in Use- 

 ful Knowledge." Comparing the two draughts, there 

 are to be found certain transpositions and verbal 

 alterations. Besides these, the following changes 

 appear in the new draught. 



1. In the first article the name is changed from 

 " The Junto " to " The American Society for pro- 

 moting and propagating Useful Knowledge, held in 

 Philadelphia." This change, however, was not made 

 until the 13th of December following, which date see 

 further on, p. 111. 



2. The second article is the same in both draughts, 

 viz, "That no person be admitted into the Society 

 occasionally. ' ' 



3. The third article of the new draught provides 

 for each member serving as Chairman and Secretary 

 for four weeks in alphabetical rotation, being part 

 of the third, and the whole of the fourth article of the 

 old draught. 



